{"id":320226,"date":"2022-02-20T09:29:54","date_gmt":"2022-02-20T14:29:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/insidebitcoins.com\/?p=320226"},"modified":"2022-02-20T09:42:08","modified_gmt":"2022-02-20T14:42:08","slug":"opensea-admits-phishing-attack-on-its-platform-32-users-affected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insidebitcoins.com\/news\/opensea-admits-phishing-attack-on-its-platform-32-users-affected","title":{"rendered":"OpenSea Admits Phishing Attack On Its Platform, 32 Users Affected"},"content":{"rendered":"
Leading Non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace OpenSea has confirmed that the platform recently suffered a phishing attack<\/a>. According to the report, the attack has so far affected 32 users who lost a combined total of $1.7 million worth of NFTs. As a result, the earlier announce upgrade of the platform will be delayed.<\/p>\n Earlier, some reports noted that users lost close to $200 million from the attack, but the platform has refuted such claims. Chief Executive Officer of OpenSea, Devin Finzer, stated that the attacker realized $1.7 million worth of Ethereum (ETH)<\/a> after selling some of the stolen NFT.<\/p>\n Although OpenSea is yet to figure out how the attack occurred, Blockchain investigator Peckshield stated that the attack could be from leaked user information. This allowed the attackers to infiltrate the platform.<\/p>\n